Agenda item

Change of use from equestrian/livery barns to 3 units for B2/B8 use.

Change of use from equestrian/livery barns to 3 units for B2/B8 use.

A site visit had been held on Saturday 15 July 2017 which had been attended by Councillors Brossard, Finnie, Mrs Ingham, Mrs McKenzie, Phillips and Thompson.

The Committee noted:

• The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
• The comments of Warfield Parish Council recommending refusal.
• Eleven letters of objection and one letter of support, as summarised in the Agenda papers.

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:-

01. The use hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON:  To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

02. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 23 May 2016 and 2 March 2017:

Drawing no. AAN.15.541.1 Rev A

Block plan

Site location plan

REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out only as approved by the Local Planning Authority.

03. The units 1-3 (inclusive) hereby approved shall be used for B2 and B8 purposes only and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class B of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, (or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification).

REASON: In the interests of residential amenities of neighbouring properties, the Green Belt and to ensure the development is provided with adequate car parking to prevent the likelihood of on-street car parking.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, M9, Core Strategy DPD CS23]

04.No machinery shall be operated, no processes shall be carried out and no deliveries taken at or dispatched from the site connected to the B2 and B8 uses hereby approved outside the following times:

(a)  08.00 hours to 18.00 hours Monday to Friday; and

(b)  08.00 hours to 13.00 hours Saturdays,

and not at any time on Sundays or public/bank holidays.

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of the occupiers of nearby residential premises.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, EN25]

05. The B2 and B8 uses hereby approved shall not take place anywhere on the site except within the buildings as approved.

REASON: In the interests of the amenities of the occupiers of nearby premises.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN25]

06. No goods, materials, plant or machinery shall be stored or operated outside the buildings connected to the B2 and B8 uses hereby approved on site.

REASON: In the interests of the visual amenities of the surrounding area, residential amenities of neighbouring properties and openness of the Green Belt.

[Relevant Policies: CSDPD CS9, BFBLP EN20, GB1, GB4]

07. No air ventilation systems/extraction systems shall be installed in the buildings subject to the B2/B8 uses hereby approved except in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The noise level shall not cause the existing background level (as at the date of this permission) to increase whilst in operation.  Any systems shall be installed and operated in accordance with the approved scheme (if applicable).

REASON: To ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the enjoyment of neighbouring occupiers of their properties.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN25]

08. No additional floorspace, including mezzanine floors, shall be constructed within the buildings connected to the uses hereby approved.

REASON: To prevent an over-development of the site and to ensure adequate parking.

[Relevant Policy: BFBLP M9]

09. The units hereby approved shall not be brought into use for B2/B8 purposes until a scheme depicting hard and soft landscaping, including details of boundary treatment, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include a 3 year post planting maintenance schedule. All planting comprised in the soft landscaping works shall be carried out and completed in full accordance with the approved scheme, in the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive) to the completion of the development or prior to the occupation of any part of the approved development, whichever is sooner.  All hard landscaping works shall be carried and completed prior to the occupation of any part of the approved development. As a minimum, the quality of all hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 4428:1989 'Code Of practice For General Landscape Operations' or any subsequent revision. All trees and other plants included within the approved details shall be healthy, well formed specimens of a minimum quality that is compatible with British Standard 3936:1992 (Part 1) 'Specifications For Trees & Shrubs' and British Standard 4043 (where applicable) or any subsequent revision.  Any trees or other plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, die, are removed, uprooted, are significantly damaged, become diseased or deformed, shall be replaced during the nearest planting season (1st October to 31st March inclusive) with others of the same size, species and quality as approved. The areas shown for landscaping shall thereafter be retained as such.

REASON: In the interests of good landscape design and the visual amenity of the area.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN20, CSDPD CS7]

10. The units hereby approved shall not be brought into use for B2/B8 purposes until the associated vehicle and lorry parking and turning spaceshave been marked out in accordance with the approved drawing, ref: RHPC/SP/001/B received 12 June 2016 by the Local Planning Authority. The spaces shall thereafter be kept available for parking and turning at all times.

REASON: To ensure that the development is provided with adequate car parking to prevent the likelihood of on-street car parking which would be a danger to other road users.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP M9, Core Strategy DPD CS23]

11.   Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no external lighting shall be installed on the site or affixed to any buildings on the site except in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: The site is located within the Green Belt and in the interests of visual amenity.

[Relevant Policies: BFBLP EN15, EN20 and EN25]